The Monastery
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Introduction, Part A
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Introduction, Part B
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Introductory Epistle, Part A
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Introductory Epistle, Part B
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Introductory Epistle, Part C
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Answer by the Author of Waverly
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5, Part A
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Chapter 5, Part B
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9, Part A
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Chapter 9, Part B
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Chapter 10, Part A
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Chapter 10, Part B
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13, Part A
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Chapter 13, Part B
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Chapter 14, Part A
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Chapter 14, Part B
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Chapter 15, Part A
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Chapter 15, Part B
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Chapter 16, Part A
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Chapter 16, Part B
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19, Part A
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Chapter 19, Part B
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Chapter 20, Part A
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Chapter 20, Part B
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24, Part A
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Chapter 24, Part B
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Chapter 25, Part A
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Chapter 25, Part B
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Chapter 26, Part A
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Chapter 26, Part B
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Chapter 27, Part A
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Chapter 27, Part B
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Chapter 28, Part A
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Chapter 28, Part B
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Chapter 29, Part A
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Chapter 29, Part B
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 31, Part A
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Chapter 31, Part B
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Chapter 32
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Chapter 33, Part A
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Chapter 33, Part B
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Chapter 34, Part A
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Chapter 34, Part B
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Chapter 35
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Chapter 36, Part A
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Chapter 36, Part B
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Chapter 37, Part A
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Chapter 37, Part B
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Chapter 37, Part C
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Religious allegiance and social rank meet in Walter Scott's picture of sixteenth-century Scotland. Published in 1820, The Monastery draws its setting from the country around Melrose and the Tweed, where ruined towers and local fairy traditions give the landscape a second life in imagination. Scott's introduction describes a story built around sincere supporters of opposing sides in the Reformation.
The scene with young Halbert Glendinning brings those larger concerns into a room full of people weighing his prospects. The Abbot calls him forward, while Sir Piercie Shafton questions whether someone of humble birth can become a leader. Two monks usher Halbert into the gathering, and his mother worries about his appearance before such company. Readers drawn to historical fiction can find interest in these encounters between authority, ambition and inherited status, alongside a setting shaped by religious change and Border folklore.
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- Author
- Walter Scott
- Reading time
- About 13 hours
- Pages
- 411
- Language
- English
- Genre
- British Classics
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